List of Media articles
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A Facebook logo is pictured on a screen ahead of a press conference to announce the launch of it's latest product "Workplace", in central London on October 10, 2016. Social network giant Facebook launched new global product Workplace, a platform that it hopes will replace intranet, mailbox and other internal communication tools used by businesses worldwide. It is intended to compete with similar office communication products including Microsoft's Yammer, Salesforce's Chatter and Slack. / AFP / Justin TALLIS (Photo credit should read JUSTIN TALLIS/AFP/Getty Images) Facebook and Senate Panel Scuffle Over Russia Investigation
Even fake Russian accounts may have some legal protection.
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The silhouette of Saint Vitus Cathedral (L), a part of the Prague Castle is seen on April 20, 2015 as the sun sets in the Czech capital. AFP PHOTO / MICHAL CIZEK (Photo credit should read MICHAL CIZEK/AFP/Getty Images) The Brief Life, and Looming Death, of Europe’s ‘SWAT Team for Truth’
The Czech Republic launched the continent’s first center to combat fake news in January. It might not survive the year.
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TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY ASAAD ABBOUD A Saudi man prepares to login into his Twitter account on his laptop on October 6, 2013 at his office in Riyadh. Despite sitting on the world's largest wealth of oil, Saudis complain their salaries are not enough to make ends meet, and have taken to Twitter demanding better income. AFP PHOTO/FAYEZ NURELDINE (Photo credit should read FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images) Twitter Suspended Far Fewer Terrorist Accounts in First Half of 2017
The number is declining because policing efforts are improving, company says.
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Cambodian people cover their heads with local newspapers as they wait to pray for the late former King Norodom Sihanouk at the cremation site near the Royal Palace in Phnom Penh on February 2, 2013. A sea of mourners filled the streets of the Cambodian capital on February 1, for a lavish funeral for revered former king Norodom Sihanouk, who towered over six tumultuous decades in his nation's history. AFP PHOTO/TANG CHHIN SOTHY (Photo credit should read TANG CHHIN SOTHY/AFP/Getty Images) The ‘Cambodia Daily’ Is Dying in Darkness
Cambodia’s autocratic leader is trying to shut down his country’s most celebrated journalistic training ground.
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<> on February 19, 2009 in Fairfax, Virginia. Can the Deep State and the Media Survive Trump?
The FBI and the Department of Justice must not overreact to leaks.
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BAGHDAD, IRAQ - OCTOBER 1: Col. Steve Warren, the new spokesman for the US-led coalition in Iraq, speaks during an introduction of Let. Gen. Sean MacFarland s the new commander General of the US led coalition in Iraq on October 1, 2015 in Baghdad, Iraq. MacFarland is a three-star general in the United States Army. (Photo by Khalid Mohammed-Pool/Getty Images) Pentagon Forces Out Popular Press Spokesman
Press relations take a turn for the worse at the Pentagon.
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Pakistani NGO activists hold placards during an event to celebrate the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to Pakistani child education activist Malala Yousafzai in Islamabad on October 14, 2014. New Nobel peace laureate Malala Yousafzai wasted little time living up to the accolade last week, inviting the leaders of traditional foes India and Pakistan to accompany her and fellow winner Kailash Satyarthi, an Indian child rights activist, to the award ceremony. But, just hours later, a fresh exchange of fire between troops in the disputed Himalayan region of Kashmir provided a stark reminder that the prospect of lasting peace remains as distant as ever. AFP PHOTO/ Aamir QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images) Why Pakistan Hates Malala
The West reveres Nobel Peace Prize winner Malala Yousafzai. Pakistanis resent and envy her.
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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 29: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and Attorney General Jeff Sessions (R) attend a panel discussion on an opioid and drug abuse in the Roosevelt Room of the White House March 29, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty Images) Trump Is Going After Legal Protections for Journalists
The Trump administration’s most dangerous attack on media has nothing to do with cries of "fake news."
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Fox News host Sean Hannity is seen in the White House briefing room in Washington, DC, on January 24, 2017. / AFP / NICHOLAS KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images) Fox News Has Completed Its Transformation Into Trump TV
Who needs state-owned propaganda when the president has friends like these?
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Incumbent Rwandan President Paul Kagame dances onstage after addresses supporters at the closing rally of the presidential campaign in Kigali on August 2, 2017. Rwandans go the polls on August 4, 2017 in a presidential election in which strongman Paul Kagame is widely expected to cruise to a third term in office. / AFP PHOTO / MARCO LONGARI (Photo credit should read MARCO LONGARI/AFP/Getty Images) Even Critics of Rwanda’s Government Are Helping Paul Kagame Stay in Power
For every problem highlighted by local journalists, Rwanda’s strongman can present himself as the solution.
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A man watches a campaign ad that was unleashed on the internet this week in Kenya just weeks before national elections, on July 13, 2017, in Nairobi. The 90 second video, shot in moody monochrome, presented a dystopia in which Raila Odinga, Kenya's leading opposition candidate, won the August 8 vote and plunged the nation into a violent and inept dictatorship, setting tribes against one another while terrorists run riot. "Stop Raila Save Kenya. The Future of Kenya is in Your Hands," the video concluded. / AFP PHOTO / SIMON MAINA (Photo credit should read SIMON MAINA/AFP/Getty Images) Texts, Lies, and Videotape
Will fake news sow chaos during Kenya's election? Or will voters roll their eyes and change the channel?
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Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman General Joseph Dunford speaks at the Newsmaker Luncheon in Washington, DC, June 19, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / JIM WATSON (Photo credit should read JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty Images) Watch: Here’s What Senior U.S. Officials Say About Russian Election Interference
Top intelligence and administration officials answer questions about the 2016 presidential election.
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WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 29: U.S. President Donald Trump (L) and Attorney General Jeff Sessions (R) attend a panel discussion on an opioid and drug abuse in the Roosevelt Room of the White House March 29, 2017 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Shawn Thew-Pool/Getty Images) Early Morning Trump Tweets Target Sessions
President Trump turns his tweets on Attorney General Jeff Sessions
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Technicians sit in a control room at the State Grid vehicle battery recharging and exchange station in Beijing on May 30, 2012. According to government sources, China is to set aside around two billion yuan (320 million USD) as part of drive to cut carbon emissions and produce energy-saving vehicles. AFP PHOTO / Ed Jones (Photo credit should read Ed Jones/AFP/GettyImages) How Badly Is China’s Great Firewall Hurting the Country’s Economy?
Beijing's paranoia is about to kill the country's booming live-streaming sector — and it won't be the only victim.
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04_mosul hospital and hotel_8july2017_wv2_digitalglobe_wm copy Mosul, Before and After, in Satellite Images
Aerial photographs of seven sites in Mosul from 2015 and now illustrate the extent of the city's destruction.
